I hate amateurs. I hate unprofessional people. There are enough people who can do jobs decently that there’s no reason that people who cannot do them decently [should] pretend to be great at it.
KARL LAGERFELDI never fall in love.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.
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I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.
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Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born.
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People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.
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Never use the word “cheap”. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the rich buy them too). There is good clothing design on every level today. You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans – it’s up to you.
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The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice.
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Life is not a beauty contest, some [ugly people] are great. What I hate is nasty, ugly people… the worst is ugly, short men. Women can be short, but for men it is impossible. It is something that they will not forgive in life… they are mean and they want to kill you.
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It’s up to you to make everyday as perfect as possible. It’s a question of will and discipline.
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Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
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I don’t care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.
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Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.
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I think that it’s a crime to say you are bored when time is so precious and there are so many things to do in life: read, learn, watch.
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Elegance is a physical quality. If a woman doesn’t have it naked, she’ll never it clothed.
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Personality begins where comparison ends.
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When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don’t get carried away-it’s only dresses.
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